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TIL a public treasurer lost $1.2m of a Michigan county’s money to a Nigerian email scam

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ANQVx TIL that Rowan Atkinson, who plays Mr. Bean, has an IQ of 178, which is considered as a super genius and in top 0.1% of the population in the world.
QJ9VL TIL the word “Muzak” is the general term often used in subtitles to indicate music that is played in rooms where many people come together, and during telephone calls when placed on hold.
mxVbo TIL about Dehomag, a German subsidiary of IBM and was the main provider of computing equipment in Nazi Germany. It provided the German government with machines to conduct censuses and gave the Nazis a way of tracing Jews. The technology was used by the Gestapo to locate and arrest its victims.
rRKW TIL the area code for NASA and surrounding areas is 321, as in the count down to lift off.
gM8eD TIL that manatees were removed from the endangered species list in 2017 after 50 years on the list.